China's resident nominal disposable income up 3.9 pct in Jan.-Sept. period

BEIJING, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- China's per capita disposable income stood at 23,781 yuan (about 3,549 U.S. dollars) in the first three quarters of the year, up 3.9 percent from the same period last year in nominal terms, official data showed Monday.

After deducting price factors, per capita disposable income rose 0.6 percent year on year, returning to positive territory for the first time this year, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. Enditem